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M aintenance and Reliabilit y
AS I SEE IT
Jim Fitch
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Noria Corporation
The Power of 10X
One might
think that if
you make a
10-times im-
provement,
you should
expect a
10-times
gain."
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Have you ever considered how we might
be rewarded if we improved something by
10 times? For instance, what if we were
10 times richer; would we be 10 times
happier? How about if we were 10 times smarter; would
we be 10 times more successful? What if we worked
10 times harder? How might it apply to being more
physically fit, taking initiatives, having more drive,
being kind and more empathetic, having more friends/
connections, etc.?
One might think that if you make a 10-times
improvement, you should expect a 10-times gain. In
such cases, your gain or benefit would be incremental
or proportional. In maintenance, we have control over
many factors that can lead to gain. We've all heard of
the gains that are the most important to us: better quality,
lower production costs, lower repair costs, higher asset
utilization, improved safety; the list goes on.
Invariably, we are looking for factors within our
realm of control, factors that we can affect with relative
ease and sustainability.
We have so many options at our disposal. What do
we choose, and what do we push aside? Understandably,
if we are going to change something, we'd want the
biggest bang for our buck.
To that end, I have prepared a list of options to
consider where we have good data and/or experience to
rely on. Let's get started.
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